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Crashed on first email I read from Gmail. Also, I had to enable "less secure access" in Gmail for aerc to work. Will try again after a few months.

• andrewchambers 7y ago
  'Less secure' access is a choice by google to lock people onto gmail, they choose not to implement random device specific passwords. Better to avoid gmail.
  • mjlee 7y ago
    How does it lock you in to gmail? They provide a method by which you can use any mail client if you'd like. Applications can always implement OAuth 2.0, which is pretty open (and is what you'll need to do for other mail providers, not just gmail.)
    • andrewchambers 7y ago
      They took something that worked fine, then broke it after they had the majority of users. There are backwards compatible and secure methods (Like allowing a unique password per device). It is an obvious tactic to force people to choose between gmail web client, and outlook/thunderbird/aerc. To make matters worse they falsely point the blame at competitors and then people like you defend them.
• minusf 7y ago
  "less secure" nonsense is required for mutt as well.